The next 2 weeks will pass very quickly...

Hello Scrapers,

Most of the event will be at the Pooncarie Camp ground with a marquee set up near the Golf Club / Park entrance. There will be a bar running at our campground Marquee.

Saturday Night Dinner & Auction we will be at the Pooncarie Hall opposite the Hotel. Bike Show & Grime will be out the front of the Hotel at 3pm for a group photo.

In this issue

Riders registrations still open
Fundraising progress
Meals Packages Closing - Friday Oct 28.
Adventure Moto Ride
Return Ride Interest – Let us know
Accommodation
Support Vehicle Stickers
Send in your Ride Photo’s
Auction Donations
Our Generous Supporters and Sponsors

REGISTER TO JOIN THE RIDE

Riders Registrations still Open

We have over 100 riders registered and there is still time to register for the event.

Fundraising Progress

To date we are closing in on 101 riders registered and 20 teams on the go.

Graeme Girdler leading the individual total with $3,910.00 closely followed by Bruce Sharpe and Paul at the Flags.

Big shout out to Team Molly Moo who lead the Teams Challenge with $9,505.00 – AMAZING Effort!! All Ordinaries and Thirsty Camels in hot pursuit!! That’s a big chunk of the current total of $41,707.00.

Meals Packages - Closing Oct 28

Meal packages have been finalised and are able to be prepaid here. Packages are for Friday Night, Saturday Morning, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. If you have any special dietary requirements, please let us know.

Note: there are a number of local businesses who will be able to cater for Lunch requirements on Saturday.

Prepay Meals 2018

Adventure Moto Ride

The Adventure Moto Ride is Departing Wisemans Ferry 8.30am. Warren Sakey has come up with another great route. If you have any questions or to arrange to meet up along the way call Warren on 0438 285 366.

Big Thank you to Fletcher Heywood for getting the Route into a GPX file format for upload to your GPS’s. Download here - [GPXFILE – ors-export- linestring-2].

Thank you once again to Steve and Adventure Moto once again for their generous support. www.adventuremoto.com.au.

This year we will be departing from Wisemans Ferry October 3rd around 8am for a 3-day journey to Pooncarie.

Day 1

Oct 3: Wisemans Ferry to Canowindra 313 km (Oberon for lunch).

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Day 2

Oct 4: Canowindra to Hillston 360 km (Ungarie for lunch).

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Day 3

Oct 5: Hillston to Pooncaire 351km (Ivanhoe for lunch).

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Day 4

Oct 6: Pooncarie for the festivities. Free time to explore the surrounding area.

Return Ride Interest – Let us know...

We will have a support vehicle for the ride home departing Sunday October 7th.

Departing Pooncarie on Sunday Morning to visit Lake Mungo and camp their overnight on our return Journey.

Day 5

Oct 7: Lake Mungo National Park 90 km +70 km sightseeing loop
Camp at Mungo

We are trying to let the communities we are travelling through of our numbers. It helps if we can forewarn them of our numbers, so we don’t swamp the towns food and fuel supplies. Either let DSA know when they call you this week or email info@scrapheapadventureride.com.au.

Day 6

Oct 8: Mungo to Goolgowi 400 km 300km Fuel Range.

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Day 7

Oct 9: Goolgowi to Forbes 310km.

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Day 8

Oct 10: Forbes to Sydney – Find your own way home
This return ride is pretty flexible, and we will have support vehicles following us. As people will peel off to make their own way home at various stops.

Please Note:
The Ride is not compulsory. You are to have a current licence and registered vehicle, as it is on gazetted public roads.

As we are riding country roads, the road conditions can change. Road surfaces range from bitumen, dirt road of gravel, corrugations, sand and bulldust.

There are tar only options to get to Pooncarie. Please ride to your ability. If there is rain closer to the event the route may change.

Accommodation

On the Ride to and from Pooncarie, you can book your own accommodation.

Accommodation at Pooncarie is Camping only. There is plenty of camping on the banks of the river near the Golf Course and we will have a food marquee there as well. The campground has approximately 6 powered sites. Hot showers are $2.00.

Scrapheap T-shirts

We have had to order some additional M, L & XL shirts and these will be sent out once we receive them.

We have additional T-shirts available, also in kids sizes. Simply go to the Riders Area and click the appropriate box.

www.scrapheapadventureride.com.au/riders

Support Vehicle Stickers

We have a few of the support Vehicle Stickers available. Contact Ryan if you wish to order a few Ryan.Blunden@dsansw.org.au.

Send in your Ride Photos. . .

One of the great things about Scrapheap is seeing the ride from all perspectives.
If you are happy to share your pics we can use them to make people more aware of this great event. Send in your pics to info@scrapheapadventureride.com.au.

Auction Item - Team Inverell Viscount Vest and accessories

Don't forget to set aside a few dollars this year for the opportunity to take possession of the unique vest, seat cover and swag cover. Made from the fabric of a 1982 Viscount Grand Tourer caravan it will no doubt be a crowd favourite again this year.

Our generous supports and sponsors

Adventure Moto
Hare & Forbes Machinery House
Cameron Damon Media
The Sign & Badge Company
Sydney Laser Welding
Coffee With Grace
Matters Financial Solutions

Where do the funds go?

100% of all funds raised go directly to Down Syndrome NSW.

If you can't join us, we hope you will be able to sponsor one of this year's riders or teams.

Make sure you connect with other Scrappers on Facebook by joining the Scrapheap group and the Facebook event.

If you have any further questions, I am happy to chat further.

Kind Regards,

Perry
Founder